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LFB challenge round making its debut in the Ligue Féminine de BasketBall post season play-off calendar

The LFB challenge round has come about due to the expansion of the FIBA Europe EuroLeague Women last season. The LFB acquired four places in this competition. The LFB also has four places in the FIBA EuroCup Women competition giving a total of eight European places.

It was decided to make the regular season more interesting: Only the top four teams at the end of the regular season would contest the LFB championship play-off, hence March madness.

The second decision was the creation of the challenge round with the winner acquiring a spot in the EuroCup.

Furthermore the two teams that missed out off the play-offs would be relegated.Bourges Basket dominated the regular season and only dropped one game but the competition for the rest of the places was furious.

Bourges Basket dominated the regular season and only dropped one game but the competition for the rest of the places was furious.

USVO managed to hold on to second place despite having a disappointing second phase by their standards. Montpellier put a 10-game winning streak together that catapulted them into a championship play-off spot that they refused to relinquish.

Six clubs were battling for the fourth spot. At the end of the regular season there was a three-way tie between Villeneuve d'Ascq, Challes-les-Eaux and Mondeville. Due to a better record between the matches played by the three teams, Villeneuve finished in fourth place.

Bourges, as regular season winners, have already qualified for EuroLeague Women. The next ticket is given to the winner of the Coupe de France (French cup). As the final is between Bourges and Villeneuve, all the clubs in the top four places have won the right to represent the LFB in the 2008-2009 EuroLeague Women competition.